the service engineer in New York checked his email one evening and found a
requisition from a company in Jacksonville Florida for him to come the
next day to repair the machine they had purchased the other email was from a
client in Bakersfield California insisting that their plant had come to a
standstill and he definitely had to report there the next day for repairing
the machine he went to sleep pondering what was to be done next morning there
was one message from midfield Texas saying that if he did not report there
as soon as possible they would cancel the order
this man munched his breakfast gathered his stuff walked out of his house and
waved a taxi the taxi driver came and said sir
where should I take you the man said take me anywhere I don't care I have got
problems everywhere isn't that very often the way life is when problems are
an unavoidable part of life we need to have a solution for handling them today
on day 19 of this happiness challenge we are going to discuss how to face
obstacles and difficulties without allowing them to rob our happiness one
girl went to college for the first time and began staying in the hostel
dormitory three months after she had been there she wrote a
letter to her mother the letter read mommy I need to confess one month after
I had been in the hostel I made a mistake
I stole $100 from my roommate and with that I rented a motorcycle unfortunately
I had an accident and collided into a lamppost because of which my thigh bone
broke but mommy there was nothing much to worry about because a handsome doctor
living down the lane he took me in his home and nursed me and mommy I want you
to know that we have fallen in love and decided to get married the only problem
is there is a disease that is showing up in the blood tests I hope it gets
resolved before the child pops out the mother who was reading that note was
horrified what is happening to my darling daughter
however the letter concluded actually mommy none of this is true the only
thing that has happened is I have gotten an F in calculus I wanted you to see it
in the proper perspective
you see it was just an F it was not the end of the world
the problems could have been far bigger in the same way when we do have problems
falling upon us the first thing to do is to step back and place it in its proper
perspective is it really as big as my mind is making it out to be and then we
will realize that there are people who have far bigger problems and the one we
are facing is really not as serious as it seems problems are a part of the
journey of life if you climb a mountain how is the road going to be upheld
naturally similarly if you are progressing in life it is only to be
expected that problems will come I am reminded of a cartoon I saw one man was
changing the punctured wheel of his car his little son was sitting inside and
the son was asking papa why is this happening to us
the father had responded son this is not a TV channel that we can switch it this
is life so difficulties and hardships will come
learn to anticipate problems it has said in boxing the punch that
knocks one out is not the hardest one but the one that was not anticipated
so put your problem in its proper perspective gather your courage and
hence your inner strength and face it bravely today take this as your homework
the problems that you are facing think are they really as big as your mind is
making them out to be put them in their place and tomorrow we will meet again to
understand how we can learn and actually grow and benefit from the problems in
our life thank you
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